36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot

For a later, unrelated, regiment with a similar name, see Herefordshire Light Infantry.

36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot
Colours of the 36th Foot in 1853
Active1701–1881
Country Kingdom of England (1689–1707)
 Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
Size1 battalion (2 battalions 1756–1758, 1804–1814)
Garrison/HQNorton Barracks, Worcestershire
Nickname(s)"The Grasshoppers"[1]
"The Saucy Greens"[2]
ColoursGreen Facings
MarchThe Poacher[3]
EngagementsWar of the Spanish Succession
Jacobite rising
War of Jenkins' Ear
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years' War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War

The 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1701. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Worcestershire Regiment in 1881.[2][3][4] Its lineage is continued today by the Mercian Regiment.[5]

  1. ^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
  2. ^ a b Swinson, Arthur (1972). A Register of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army. London: The Archive Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-85591-000-3.
  3. ^ a b "36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  4. ^ "The 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot". History of The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th of Foot). The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Collections. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  5. ^ "36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot". Research: Famous Units. National Army Museum. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.